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In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

וּבַשָּׁנָה֩ (בַ) va. “in the”בְּיֶ֣רַח (בְּ) be. “in”

It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.

בָּאֶ֗רֶז (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

בָּאֶ֔רֶז (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.

בַּנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.

בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם (בָּֽ) ba. “in the”

He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

בָּ֠אַמָּה (בָּ֠) Ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בִּיצֻקָתֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits the height of it.

בָּאַמָּ֗ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בָּאַמָּ֖ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”

The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on the mouth of it were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “[were] on the”

In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same.

וּבְרֹ֣אשׁ (בְ) ve. “at”

He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on very one of the ten bases one basin.

בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

בְּכִכַּ֤ר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמַעֲבֵ֖ה (בְּ) be. “in”

Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, [supplied: even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

בְּאֹצְר֖וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

בְּיֶ֥רַח (בְּ) be. “in”בֶּחָ֑ג (בֶּ) be. “at the”

They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

בָּאֹ֑הֶל (בָּ) ba. “[were] in the”

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

בָּֽאָר֔וֹן (בָּֽ) ba. “[was] in the”בְּחֹרֵ֑ב (בְּ) be. “at”בְּצֵאתָ֖ם (בְּ) be. “when”

It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,

בְּצֵ֥את (בְּ) be. “when”

Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

בְּפִ֔יו (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְיָד֥וֹ (בְ) ve. “with”

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

בְעִ֗יר (בְ) ve. “<in>”בְּדָוִ֔ד (בְּ) be. “<in>”

There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

בְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;

בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”

who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

בְּפִ֛יךָ (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְיָדְךָ֥ (בְ) ve. “with”